Land and constitution in India /
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Author / Creator: | Merillat, H. C. L. (Herbert Christian Laing), 1915-2010. |
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Imprint: | New York ; London : Columbia University Press, 1970. |
Description: | xv, 321 p. ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Series / Columbia University. Southern Asian Institute Series (Columbia University. Southern Asian Institute) |
Subject: | Land tenure -- India -- Law. Land reform. Land tenure. Land tenure -- Law and legislation. Land value taxation. India. |
Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2671620 |
Table of Contents:
- Southern Asian Institute Series
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. The Setting
- Chapter 2. The Last British Constitution for India
- Chapter 3. The Founding Fathers
- Chapter 4. Land as a Constitutional Tax Haven
- Chapter 5. Land to the Tiller: the Middle-Class "Revolution"
- Chapter 6. The First and Second Rounds the Zamindars Attack in the Courts
- Chapter 7. The Thin, Jagged Line: Deprivation and Regulation
- Chapter 8. Estates and "Agrarian Reform"
- Chapter 9. Compensation Again: Bela Banerjee Revived
- Chapter 10. Urban Development: the Debate Moves to the Cities
- Chapter 11. Apotheosis of Fundamental Rights
- Chapter 12. After Twenty Years
- Postscript, 1970
- Appendix A. Constitution of India
- Appendix B. Government of India Act, 1935
- Bibliography
- List of Cases
- Glossary
- Index